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Four Statements that Lead to Wisdom

Kristine Dewar, M.A., R.P., C.C.C.
Jan 7
1 min read

I was sitting once in a colleague's office and I noticed a poster she had on the wall and it made me think about how we attain wisdom. We certainly see our elders as wiser than us, but does it just come from the process of maturation? So I looked up the the definition of wisdom in  Webster's Dictionary and I especially appreciated reading: intelligence drawing on experience and governed by prudence.  The poster quoted: Four Statements that Lead to Wisdom:

  • "I don't know"

  • "I'm sorry"

  • "I need help"

  • "I was wrong"

When we can find a place of humility, it will almost always carry with it the opportunity for creating wisdom as it allows the process of learning from our experiences to integrate and hopefully contribute to our worldliness. When we can admit that we might have been wrong or feel regretful, we strengthen our relationship wisdom. When we can concede to the fact that we are always learning, we open ourselves to a landscape filled with opportunities to grow. Photo by Andy Chilton on Unsplash

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The West Champlain Family Health Team acknowledges it is located upon the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin People and respects the traditional knowledge and healing developed over generations. We have the privilege and responsibility to serve First Nations, Inuit, and Métis of many backgrounds and from many treaty and non-treaty lands and territories, and to demonstrate respect for the contributions and cultures of Indigenous Peoples.

 

Iye West Champlain Family Health Team ogíkikenindánáwá taniziwadj ondaje Algonquin Anishinábe tanakíwin ega ka mígiwewadj iyo kichi Anishinábewakí ashidj odapítenindánáwá kikádjichigewin ashidj mino nódjimowin ka pamíkán pinawígo. Nínawind d’ayánánán shawenimigoziwin ashidj inenindágoziwin kidji wídókáwadag Anishinábeg, Abitawizíg ashidj Kíwedinóg máneg wendjibáwadj ashidj níbina nakondiwin ashidj ega akíng ashidj tanakíwinan ashidj kidji wábandayá apítenindagoziwin ondji ka mígiwewadj ashidj pimádjiwowinan ogo Anishinábeg Pemádizidjig.

 

The West Champlain Family Health Team is grateful to the Indigenous Health Circle (which works in collaboration with The Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn and the Ottawa Valley Ontario Health Team) for sharing a meaningful land acknowledgement both in English and Omámíwininímowin (the Algonquin Anishinábe language), which is the basis of our own.

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